Gold/US Dollar needs to break above last summers high

Appears to be a large head and shoulders formation that must be cleared.

Gold Miner's Index Oct/Nov High road map

gdm, hui and gdx are all showing the same trends for a high in late oct to early nov. 2017

xau is showing a high for late july which because of the other charts mentioned above will probably mean a temporary high then moving higher in the autumn.

XAU late july hi update chart

notice it found support on the lower line...

FAZ early 2018 high

Financial ETF showing good trend for high in early 2018, this implies possible higher interest rates and banking troubles?

XAU late July or Early August high

This chart is still looking valid, a breach of the lower line would invalidate it, looks like next week will be critical.